According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sections of a website that drew the most interest were: Logo - users spent 6.48 seconds focused on this area. Main navigation - users spent 6.44 … [Read more...]
Zynga Acquires OMGPOP Developer of Draw Something
Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), just announced that it acquired the developer of the hottest gaming app Draw Something. We wrote about Draw Something last week and the domain name DrawSomething.com According to a Press release issued minutes ago, Zynga just acquired "New York-based social game developer OMGPOP, makers of the popular cultural hit mobile game, Draw Something, and over 35 additional … [Read more...]
Gamechanger? Marketpage Allows Anyone To Set Up A Store on Their Facebook Page & Snoop Dog Is The 1st
There was an interesting press release from MarketPage a system that "allows anyone to have a shop on their Facebook Page and invite others to sell there." Its seems like a natural. You have a fanbase that wants to connect with you and you allow people to sell merchandise on your page your fans would be interested in. The first one out of the block is none other than Snoop Dog. Melvin … [Read more...]
FCC Commissioner Warns Of Treaty That Would Move Control Over Domains From ICANN To The UN & Worse
In a op-ed piece written by Robert M. McDowell who is a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the New York Times Today, Mr. McDowell warns of an international movement afoot to give take control to regulate the domain name system away from ICANN and the US and hand it over to the United Nations. As the NYT story is by subscription only we can't quote much from the story but … [Read more...]
The UK (SOCA) Seizes Music Blog & Warns If You Downloaded Music You Face 10 Years In Prison & Unlimited Fines
According to digital-digest.com, The UK Government’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) seized the music blog RnBXclusive.com, and put up a message on the site threatening anyone who downloaded music from the site that the face up to 10 years in prison and a "an unlimited fine". Authorities have arrested the owners of the site for allegedly defrauding the music industry. As you know when … [Read more...]
Cnet.com: Google Goes With “Drive” As The Name Of Its Cloud Service, Of Course It Doesn’t Own Drive.com
According to Cnet.com "Google is reportedly getting ready to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service". "The service called Drive"....will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google servers for sharing with others and later retrieval"" Drive, which is expected to launch in the coming months, will be free for most consumers and business, with a premium … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Tells Tsavo Media Its Owes Them $4.8 million For Sending Low Quality Traffic to Yahoo Advertisers
According to a Press Release today Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX), subsidiary, Tsavo Media will have to repay Yahoo! approximately $4.8 million over a reasonable time period" for sending low quality traffic to Yahoo advertisers. "Yahoo! is retroactively charging Tsavo for what Yahoo! is now saying was actually low quality traffic, ranging back over many months during 2011." "While the Company … [Read more...]